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No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Covers and pages are spotless. Just a trace of wear to edges of covers and spine. Very little wear otherwise. The magazine will be packed with a backing card, bubble-wrapped and shipped in a sturdy, flat box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "Highballing: The Milwaukee Lionel Railroad Club" (Founded during a snowstorm 50 years ago, the Milwaukee Lionel Railroad Club is a Wisconsin haven for three-rail enthusiasts) by Bob Keller; "The New Haven Railroad" (Double-track passenger action with a variety of motive power typified the New Haven); "Modeling the New Haven" (A track plan you can build brings the cosmopolitan New York to charming New England) by Marty McGuirk; "All the President's Trains" (A former national Train Collectors Association president finds excitement in the eclectic) by Terry Thompson; "My Greatest Find" (A 1960s-era military set has been through its own war) by Elvera Cozzi; "Lionel's Space and Military Trains" (One of the last frontiers of postwar collecting) by John LaLima; "Space and Military Painting" (A youthful look at Lionel's air-defense systems) by Angela Trotta Thomas; "1997 Photo Contest Winners" (A mix of motive power highlights our second annual reader photo contest); "Lionel and Gilbert: Life with the Big Boys" (After 10 years at Lionel, Lawrence Parker went on to manage production at Gilbert's factory) by Roger Carp; "Atlas O: Maximum Realism" (A new company with a revered name enters the O gauge market with hi-rail modelers in mind) by Bob Keller; "My Unlogged Lumber Car" (Pieces of other American Flyer cars offer clues, but not answers, to the puzzle of Wide gauge car no. 4012"X") by Stan Merritt; plus "Editorial"; "Product News"; "Feedback"; "Events"; "Product Reviews"; "Product Showcase"; "Hotbox"; "Q's & A's"; "Scrap Box"; "Ad Index" and "Backward Glance".